# NTSB SEA84LA116: Cessna 172, N4180F, Stewart Island, WA, May 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1984, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Stewart Island, WA
- Coordinates: 48.529384, -123.060348 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5294&lon=-123.0603&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39921
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39921/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA116

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED TO THE WEST ON A WET GRASS STRIP WITH 1/4 INCH OF STANDING WATER. HE SAID HE HAD NO TRACTION & THE ACFT SLID OFF THE END BETWEEN 2 TREES, DAMAGING BOTH WINGS. HE ALSO SAID THE WIND WAS 090 DEG AT 5 KTS GUSTING 15 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4180F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4180F-1989-01-31), registration cancelled 1989-01-31, S/N 46080 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46080
- Airframe hours: 5700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David Erickson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 74S, ANACORTES, WA
- Airport: Stuart West, runway 27, 1,700 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 340 total, 340 in this make and model, 295 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 45 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840525043729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840525043729A), May 25, 1984: Cessna 172, Stewart Island, WA, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on a short wet grass strip and slid off the end into trees. Pilot exhibited gross misjudgment.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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